2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,930 people earned their degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine, making the major the 287th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 112 acupuncture and oriental medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 acupuncture and oriental medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acupuncture and oriental medicine. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their acupuncture and oriental medicine program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree acupuncture and oriental medicine students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine landed the #2 spot on the list. AOMA is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Health and Science University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Health and Science University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 doctorate’s acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full THSU Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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